LAMORINDA SERVICE PLAN Draft Final Report This project is in part funded by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, 511 Contra Costa and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). October 2015 LAMORINDA SERVICE PLAN | DRAFT FINAL REPORT Lamorinda Program Management Committee Table of Contents Page 1 Existing Conditions ..........................................................................................................1-1 Existing Transportation Services .......................................................................................................... 1-7 Market Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 1-23 Community Input ................................................................................................................................... 1-37 Needs Assessment and Opportunities .............................................................................................. 1-45 2 Developing Service Alternatives ......................................................................................2-1 Initial Service Concepts ......................................................................................................................... 2-1 Preliminary Service Alternatives ......................................................................................................... 2-2 Summary of Alternatives and Prioritization .................................................................................... 2-48 3 Implementation Plan ........................................................................................................3-1 Moraga/Orinda BART Shuttle ............................................................................................................ 3-1 Taxi Subsidy Program ........................................................................................................................ 3-12 Expansion of School Bus Program .................................................................................................... 3-18 Increased School Program Coordination ........................................................................................ 3-21 Summary and Next Steps .................................................................................................................. 3-22 Table of Figures Page Figure 1-1 Study Area ............................................................................................................................. 1-2 Figure 1-2 Lamorinda Demographic Summary ................................................................................... 1-3 Figure 1-3 Orinda BART Station Layout ............................................................................................... 1-8 Figure 1-4 Lafayette BART Station Layout .......................................................................................... 1-9 Figure 1-5 Current Lamorinda County Connection Services ........................................................... 1-10 Figure 1-6 Route 6 Service Characteristics ........................................................................................ 1-11 Figure 1-7 Route 25 Service Characteristics ..................................................................................... 1-11 Figure 1-8 Route 6 and Route 25 Boardings in Lamorinda ........................................................... 1-12 Figure 1-9 LINK Trips with Home Addresses in Lamorinda ............................................................. 1-16 Figure 1-10 Lamorinda Spirit Van Passenger Pick-up Locations ..................................................... 1-17 Figure 1-11 Average Daily Traffic at Select Lamorinda Intersections ........................................... 1-19 Figure 1-12 Lamorinda Road Network, Casual Carpool and Park and Ride Locations ............. 1-20 Figure 1-13 Existing Lamorinda Bicycle Network ............................................................................... 1-22 Figure 1-14 Proportion of Residents Over Age 65 ............................................................................ 1-23 Figure 1-15 Lamorinda Median Household Income ............................................................................ 1-25 Figure 1-16 Lamorinda Average Vehicle Ownership ........................................................................ 1-26 Figure 1-17 Lamorinda Combined Population and Employment Density ...................................... 1-27 Figure 1-18 Lamorinda Population Aged 65+ ................................................................................... 1-28 Figure 1-19 Regional Employment Destinations (Moraga Residents) ............................................. 1-30 Figure 1-20 Regional Employment Destinations (Lafayette Residents)........................................... 1-31 Figure 1-21 Regional Employment Destinations (Orinda Residents) ............................................... 1-32 Figure 1-22 Home Origins and Mode Choice to BART (Lafayette Station) .................................. 1-33 LAMORINDA SERVICE PLAN | DRAFT FINAL REPORT Lamorinda Program Management Committee Figure 1-23 Home Origins and Mode Choice to BART (Orinda Station) ....................................... 1-34 Figure 1-24 Downtown Lafayette PDA ................................................................................................. 1-35 Figure 1-25 Downtown Orinda PDA ..................................................................................................... 1-35 Figure 1-26 Moraga Center PDA .......................................................................................................... 1-36 Figure 1-27 Orinda Survey Announcement on Nextdoor ................................................................. 1-39 Figure 1-28 Awareness vs. Use of County Connection Service to BART among Lafayette Residents ............................................................................................................................... 1-40 Figure 1-29 When asked “What Deters You From Using County Connection?” ........................... 1-40 Figure 1-30 Preferences in Transportation Priorities.......................................................................... 1-41 Figure 1-31 Interest in Future Alternative Transportation Options .................................................. 1-42 Figure 1-32 Times of Leaving and Returning to Home for Route 6 Riders .................................... 1-44 Figure 1-33 Route 6 Future Rider Preferences .................................................................................... 1-44 Figure 2-1 Summary of Target Markets and Preliminary Service Alternatives ........................... 2-1 Figure 2-2 Prioritized Lamorinda Transportation Alternatives ........................................................ 2-2 Figure 2-3 Alternatives Refinement Public Outreach Summary ....................................................... 2-3 Figure 2-4 Summary of Support for each Proposed Alternative .................................................... 2-3 Figure 2-5 Hour of arrival at BART stations ........................................................................................ 2-5 Figure 2-6 Hour of departure from BART stations ............................................................................. 2-5 Figure 2-7 Summary of Costs ................................................................................................................. 2-6 Figure 2-8 Summary of Vanpool to BART Benefits and Drawbacks .............................................. 2-7 Figure 2-9 If there were preferential, free carpool or vanpool parking at the BART station (with guaranteed availability), would you be willing to carpool/vanpool with at least four other people to use this service? ..................................................................... 2-8 Figure 2-10 Moraga/Orinda BART Shuttle Operational Characteristics ........................................ 2-9 Figure 2-11 Moraga/Orinda Shuttle Service to BART ...................................................................... 2-10 Figure 2-12 Moraga/Orinda BART Shuttle Estimated Resource Needs vs. Increased Route 6 Frequency ............................................................................................................................. 2-11 Figure 2-13 Potential Capital Needs .................................................................................................... 2-12 Figure 2-14 Summary of Moraga/Orinda BART Shuttle Benefits and Drawbacks ..................... 2-13 Figure 2-15 Lafayette BART Shuttle Operational Characteristics ................................................... 2-15 Figure 2-16 Proposed Lafayette Shuttle Service to BART ................................................................ 2-15 Figure 2-17 Lafayette BART Shuttle Estimated Resource Needs ..................................................... 2-15 Figure 2-18 Summary of Lafayette BART Shuttle Benefits and Drawbacks .................................. 2-16 Figure 2-19 Assuming a flexible shuttle service was offered, what would make you most inclined to use such a service? .......................................................................................... 2-18 Figure 2-20 Zone Services Characteristics ........................................................................................... 2-19 Figure 2-21 Zone Services Estimated Resource Needs